Library Media Skills
Procedures/Activities
Information Literacy Skill
ISTE NETS-S
Standard Number
Standard Statement

I Access

  1. Communication and Collaboration
  2. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
  3. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
ELA3R3a
Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.



  1. Research and Information Fluency
d. process data and report results.
ELA3LSV1d
Listens to and views a variety of media to acquire information.







II. Selection

  1. Communication and Collaboration
  2. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
  3. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
ELA3R3a
Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.


Genre Study
*Fiction
*Non-fiction
*Drama
*Poetry

ELA3R3n
Identifies the basic elements of a variety of genres (fiction, non-fiction, drama, and
poetry).













III. Utilization

  1. Creativity and Innovation
d. identify trends and forecast possibilities
ELA3R3b
Makes predictions from text content.



  1. Communication and Collaboration
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
ELA3R3c
Generates questions before, during, and after reading.




ELA3R3d
Distinguishes fact from opinion.




ELA3R3e
Recognizes plot, setting, and character within text, and compares and contrasts these
elements between texts..




ELA3R3f
Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and supports
them with evidence from the text.



3. Research and Information Fluency
d. process data and report results.
ELA3R3h
Interprets information from illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs, and graphic
organizers.




ELA3R3j
Identifies and infers main idea and supporting details.




ELA3R3l
Identifies and infers cause-and-effect relationships and draws conclusions.




ELA3R3m
Recalls explicit facts and infers implicit facts.


Features of Print
*Titles
*Table of Contents
*Chapter Headings

ELA3R3o
Uses titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information quickly and
accurately and to preview text.


*Dictionary
*Thesaurus
*Glossary
3. Research and Information Fluency
b.locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
ELA3R3r
Applies dictionary, thesaurus, and glossary skills to determine word meanings.


*Dictionary
*Thesaurus
*Glossary
3. Research and Information Fluency
b.locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
ELA3C1k
Uses the dictionary and thesaurus to support word choices.


*Dictionary
*Thesaurus
*Glossary
3. Research and Information Fluency
b.locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
ELA3C1l
Uses common rules of spelling and corrects words using dictionaries and other
resources.







IV. Production

  1. Creativity and Innovation
  2. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
  3. create original works as a means of personal or group expression
ELA3R3g
Summarizes text content.


*Encyclopedia
*Internet
*Books
3. Research and Information Fluency
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c.evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks
d. process data and report results
ELA3C1j
Uses resources (encyclopedias, Internet, books) to research and share information
about a topic.













V. Literary Appreciation


ELA3R3i
Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.




ELA3R3p
Recognizes the author’s purpose .



3.Communication and Collaboration
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
ELA3R3q
Formulates and defends an opinion about a text.